[Ads-l] Antedating (?) BYOB and BYOL and BYOS

[Bill Mullins]

Anyone who has seen the movie "Jaws" should be familiar with the song to which Mark referred.  Quint and Hooper sing it on the boat as they tell war stories and get drunk.


Mark Mandel wrote:
> As additional evidence, I take the expression "show them the way to go
> home" as an allusion to the song that begins:
> >>>>>
> Show me the way to go home.
> I'm tired and I want to go to bed.
> I had a little drink about an hour ago
> And it went right to my head.




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